Monday, August 17, 2020
This streaming piece by Abigail and Shaun Bengson translates the agonies and ecstasies of lockdown into a cosmic hootenanny at his folks' house.
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The Berkshire Theater Group put on the first professional musical in the U.S. since the pandemic lockdown, and it's a revival in every sense.
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Sunday, June 28, 2020
In Duncan Macmillan's play, streaming live from the Old Vic, the stars of "The Crown" play a contradictory couple in an age of isolation.
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They're never gone: Star turns from Ralph Fiennes, Meryl Streep, Gregory Hines and Christopher Plummer still live in the mind's eye of readers.
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From the documentary works of Anna Deavere Smith to brief monologues written in this moment of unrest, dramatists are sounding an alarm.
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Miranda's rap. Rylance's poems. Jackman's pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for "Turkey Lurkey Time."
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The Belarus Free Theater's livestreaming, mind-bending adaptation of Sasha Sokolov's poetic novel assumes the bifocal eye-view of a divided self.
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For stuck-at-homes feeling like submerging into the existential depths of no-exit theater, here's a list of works to read and to watch.
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Unforgettable moments lost to time, from Christopher Plummer to Jennifer Holliday, now more than ever remind us of theater's special resonance.
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In a livestream production of Caryl Churchill's 1990 tale of riot-torn Bucharest, quarantined Bard acting students grapple with revolution.
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
In Richard Nelson's "What Do We Need to Talk About?," a familiar clan poses resonant questions about how we connect in the age of social distancing.
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The streaming concert "Take Me to the World," featuring a gallery of musical stars, honors the probing ambivalence of a master songwriter.
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The magical kingdom of Broadway is shuttered, but our critic returned to it " or rather a version of it that opened his eyes, Bette Davis wide, to New York theater.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Monday, April 6, 2020
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Our chief theater critics have no nickel-plated medallions to hand out, but they find plenty to celebrate among shut-down Broadway offerings.
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Friday, March 20, 2020
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020
Friday, March 6, 2020
This ravishing and singular musical, written and directed by Conor McPherson, hears America singing " Dylan " during the Great Depression.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Lucas Hnath's brilliant, boundary-melting play, starring a marvelous Deirdre O'Connell, is a first-person account of the violent kidnapping of his mother.
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